{"id":230882,"date":"2026-06-29T13:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230882\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:01:07","slug":"philadelphia-fifa-fan-festival-launches-time-slot-system-for-world-cup-souvenir-bracelets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230882\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia FIFA Fan Festival Launches Time Slot System for World Cup Souvenir Bracelets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the <a href=\"https:\/\/957benfm.com\/tag\/fifa-world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FIFA Fan Festival <\/a>opened to the public at Lemon Hill, one souvenir has become highly coveted: a charm bracelet from Bank of America.<\/p>\n<p>Known as Fan Bands, the customizable bracelets are available at 11 host city Fan Festival locations. Their popularity in <a href=\"https:\/\/957benfm.com\/tag\/philadelphia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philly<\/a>, however, quickly caught on with fans.<\/p>\n<p>People can personalize the bracelets with charms like the World Cup trophy, soccer cleats, the LOVE statue, and the Liberty Bell at no extra cost.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no surprise that demand for the bracelets has been exceptionally high. People have stood in long lines for the past two weeks, and reports have been surfacing on social media about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZnac8TFtmX\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">fans waiting hours<\/a> only to be offered a pre-made bracelet or asked to return, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/philadelphia-fifa-fan-festival-bracelets-wristband-time-slot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">according to a CBS News Philadelphia report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To boost efficiency, organizers are using a time-slot system: Attendees receive colored wristbands at the gates that assign them to a one-hour window when they can visit the Bank of America booth and design their bracelet. Wristbands are handed out on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n<p>If wristbands run out before gates open, fans can still secure a wristband by visiting the Bank of America booth during a later time slot.<\/p>\n<p>While Philadelphia is wrapping up its run with World Cup matches, the FIFA Fan Festival will stay open through the end of the World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia will host a much-anticipated Round of 16 match on Saturday, July 4, at 5 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since the FIFA Fan Festival opened to the public at Lemon Hill, one souvenir has become highly coveted:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2013,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-230882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}